US7177629B1 - Annunciating apparatus, and associated method, for selectably annunciating message termination at a radio communication device - Google Patents

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US7177629B1
US7177629B1 US09/565,146 US56514600A US7177629B1 US 7177629 B1 US7177629 B1 US 7177629B1 US 56514600 A US56514600 A US 56514600A US 7177629 B1 US7177629 B1 US 7177629B1
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  • the present invention relates generally to a manner by which to annunciate a call, or other message, terminating at a radio device, such as a mobile station operable in a cellular communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to apparatus, and an associated method, by which to selectably annunciate the terminating message in a selected manner. Whether, and in what manner, to annunciate the terminating message is selected responsive to various indicia, such as the type of message, the identity of the sending party which sends the message to be terminated at the mobile station, or other radio device, or the content of the message.
  • Telephonic communication by way of various types of wireless communication systems, permits the communication of both voice and nonvoice data between sending and receiving stations of such communication systems.
  • wireline connection is not required to effectuate communication in a wireless communication system, improved mobility of communications in a wireless communication system, relative to communication by way of conventional wireline communication systems, is inherently possible. Because a wireless connection is formed, connection limitations conventionally otherwise required in a wireline system do not correspondingly limit movement of communication stations operable in a wireless communication system.
  • a cellular communication system is exemplary of a wireless communication system which has achieved high levels of utilization.
  • a cellular communication system is a multi-user communication system permitting large numbers of subscribers, i.e., users, to communicate telephonically through the use of mobile stations operable in such cellular communication systems.
  • Various types of cellular communication systems have been developed and implemented throughout large geographical areas.
  • Some cellular communication systems permit the communication of non-real time messages, such as packet-formatted messages forming alphanumeric text.
  • SMS (Short Message Service) messaging in the GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) cellular communication system is exemplary of a non-real time message communicable to a mobile station. Subsequent to delivery at the mobile station, the SMS message is at least selectably displayable upon a screen display of the mobile station.
  • WAP Wireless Application Protocol
  • the WAP standard specification also provides for the communication of non-real time, packet-formatted data.
  • WAP messages are also communicable to a mobile station, also to be displayed thereat.
  • a mobile station operable in a system capable of communicating non-real time messages as well as conventional real time signals would be capable of receiving conventional, voice calls, conventional facsimile calls, as well as packet-formatted, non-real time messages.
  • Different communication-types might be of different priorities to the user of the mobile station. For instance, a voice call to be terminated at the mobile station might be of high priority to the user while a non-real time, packet-formatted message might be of lesser priority for the user. Also, the content of different non-real time messages might also be of different priorities to the user of the mobile station. For instance, an advertising message might be of a low priority to the user but certain other informational messages might be of higher priority to the user. And, the origin location, i.e., the identity of the sending party, might also be determinative to the user of the mobile station of the priority to be associated with the message. Any of various indicia, therefore, might well be determinative of the priority desired by the user to be associated with a message or call to be terminated at the mobile station.
  • a mobile station generally is constructed in manners such that its user interface mimics, to as great an extent possible, operation of a conventional, wireline device. For instance, when a conventional voice call is to be terminated at the mobile station, a paging signal is first communicated to the mobile station and a ringing tone is generated at the mobile station to alert the user of the terminating call. When the call is accepted, the ringing tone is stopped, and conventional voice communications are thereafter effectuated.
  • the termination of a non-real time message at the mobile station is generally either alerted in the same manner by which a voice call is terminated at the mobile station or is not alerted in any manner. Also, although many non-real time, packet-formatted messages include indications of the location, or person, at which the message originated, is contained in the message, as well as the information generally is not utilized to alert the user of reception of a message originated at a particular location.
  • the present invention accordingly, advantageously provides a manner by which selectably to annunciate a call, or other message, terminating at a radio device, such as a mobile station operable in a cellular communication system.
  • apparatus and an associated method, is provided by which selectably to annunciate the terminating message at the mobile station in a selected manner. Examination of the terminating message is made to determine an indicia related to the message. Responsive to such examination of the terminating message, a determination is made whether, and in what manner, to annunciate the terminating message.
  • the examination of the terminating message is made to determine the type of message which is to be terminated at the mobile station. Selection as to whether, and in manner, to annunciate reception of the terminating message at the mobile station is made responsive to the indicia-type of the terminating message. For instance, selection might be made to annunciate a real-time voice call but not to annunciate a non-real time message, such as a packet-formatted, SMS, or other, non-real time message. Or, a real-time call might be selected to be annunciated in a first manner and a non-real time message might be selected to be annunciated in another manner. Once the selection is made, and the message is terminated at the mobile station, the selected annunciation, if any, is effectuated by an annunciator located at the mobile station.
  • examination of the terminating message is made to identify its contents.
  • Such an examination can be made of non-real time messages. Responsive to examination of the terminating message to determine its informational content, a determination is made whether, and in what manner, to annunciate the terminating message. Certain messages, such as messages relating to, e.g., stock market data, might be elected to be annunciated while messages containing other types of informational content, e.g., advertising messages, might be selected not to be annunciated.
  • examination of the terminating message is made to determine the location of its origin, viz., the identity of the sending party. Responsive to determination of the location of the origin of the message, a determination is made whether to annunciate detection of the message at the mobile station responsive to the identity of the sending party. And, different messages originated at the differing sending parties are annunciated in different manners. Thereby, a user of the mobile station, with knowledge of the manner by which messages originated by differing sending parties are made, is made aware of the sending party prior to accepting, or viewing, the message when terminated thereat.
  • an embodiment of the present invention forms a portion of a GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) cellular communication system which provides for SMS (Short Message Service) messaging.
  • GSM Global System for Mobile communications
  • the mobile station operable in the GSM system is capable of originating, as well as to have terminating thereat, both real-time calls and non-real time messages, here, SMS messages.
  • SMS Short Message Service
  • the mobile station operable in the GSM system is capable of originating, as well as to have terminating thereat, both real-time calls and non-real time messages, here, SMS messages.
  • a message either a non-real time, or a real-time, message is communicated to the mobile station
  • examination of the terminating call or message is made. Responsive to the determinations made in such an examination, determination is made whether to annunciate and, if so, in what manner, the terminating call or message. Then, responsive to such determination, annunciation of the terminating message is selectably made to alert the use of the mobile
  • examination of the terminating message is performed at the mobile station and determination, responsive thereto, of whether, and in what manner, to annunciate the terminating message is made at the mobile station.
  • user entry such as by way of a user input keypad of the mobile station, permits input of user selections of the manners, and whether, terminating messages are to be annunciated. And, during usage of the mobile station, reselection of the user selections can analogously be made.
  • examination of the message or calls is made at the network infrastructure of the communication system. Once examination is completed and determination is made at the network infrastructure as to whether the mobile station is to, and in what manner to, annunciate the terminating message or call, an indication of such determination is communicated to the mobile station.
  • selection of the annunciation manner is made, for instance, pursuant to a service subscription.
  • selection and reselection is made by appropriate communication by the user of the mobile station. For instance, in one implementation, the user is able to access the examining and determining location by way of an Internet connection thereto. Uploading of user selection of which, and in what manner, to annunciate the termination of messages at the mobile station is uploaded by way of the Internet to the network-based location.
  • apparatus, and an associated method for a radio device having radio receiver circuitry operable to receive at least alternately a first indicia-type communication signal and at least a second indicia-type communication signal in a radio communication system.
  • a manner for selectably annunciating reception at the radio device at least one of the first and at least second indicia-type communication signals.
  • An examiner is coupled to receive indications of the at least one of the first and at least second indicia-type communication signals communicated to the radio device. The examiner examines an indicia of the communication signals.
  • a determiner is coupled to the examiner to receive indications of examinations made thereat.
  • the determiner responsive to such indications, determines whether, and in what manner, to annunciate termination of the at least one of the first and at least second indicia-type communication signals at the mobile station.
  • An annunciator is coupled to receive indications of determinations made by the determiner. Responsive thereto, and in response to termination of the communication signals at the mobile station, annunciation is selectably made of such termination.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B illustrate a functional block diagram of a communication system in which an embodiment of the present invention is operable; FIG. 1A generally illustrating a mobile station and FIG. 1B generally illustrating the network infrastructure.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a representation of an exemplary packet-formatted set of data communicated during operation of the communication system shown in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a table listing exemplary messages generated in the communication system shown in FIG. 1 and exemplary annunciation tunes generated during operation of an embodiment of the present invention responsive thereto.
  • a portion of a cellular communication system provides for wireless communication between a mobile terminal 12 and network infrastructure of the system by way of a radio link 14 .
  • the cellular communication system 10 forms a GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) cellular communication system which provides for both SMS (Short Message Service) messaging and WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) messaging.
  • GSM Global System for Mobile communications
  • WAP Wireless Application Protocol
  • the communication system 10 forms other types of cellular, and other, communication systems.
  • Embodiments of the present invention are similarly operable in such other communication systems and operation of such other embodiments of the present invention can analogously be described with respect thereto.
  • the mobile station 12 is formed of a receive portion including receive circuitry 18 and a data sink 22 .
  • the receive circuitry is coupled to an antenna transducer 24 which is operable to transduce electromagnetic signals transmitted upon the radio link 14 into electrical form and to provide such signals to the receive circuitry 18 .
  • the receive circuitry is operable to perform receive-circuitry operations on the signals applied thereto. Operations performed by the receive circuitry include, for instance, down-conversion and demodulation operations. Once operations have been performed upon the receive signals applied to the receive circuitry, baseband, demodulated, signals are applied to the data sink 22 .
  • the mobile station 12 further includes a transmit portion including transmit circuitry 24 and a data source 26 .
  • Data to be transmitted by the mobile station is generated at, or provided to, the data source 26 and, thereafter, applied to the transmit circuitry.
  • the transmit circuitry is operable to perform transmit-circuitry functions, such as up-conversion and modulation of the data to be communicated by the mobile station.
  • the transmit circuitry is coupled to the antenna transducer which is operable to transduce, into electromagnetic form, transmit signals formed by the transmit circuitry.
  • the network infrastructure of the communication system is generally conventional of a GSM network which provides for SMS messaging.
  • the network portion of the communication system is shown to include a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) 28 operable to transceive communication signals upon the radio link 14 .
  • the base transceiver station defines a coverage area, referred to as a cell, within which communications with the mobile station are generally permitted. Forward link signals generated by the base transceiver station are transmitted upon the radio link 14 to the mobile station, and reverse link signals generated at the mobile station are communicated upon the radio link 14 to the base transceiver station.
  • the base transceiver station is coupled to a Base Station Controller (BSC) 32 .
  • BSC Base Station Controller
  • the base station controller is operable to control operation of the base transceiver station.
  • a group of base transceiver stations are coupled to a signal base station controller, and the base station controller to which the group of base transceiver stations are coupled are controlled by the signal base station controller.
  • the base station controller 32 is, in turn, coupled to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 34 through which circuit-switched communication signals are routed, and to a Short Message Service/Gateway Mobile Switching Center (SMS/GMSC) 36 through which packet-switched communication signals are routed.
  • MSC Mobile Switching Center
  • SMS/GMSC Short Message Service/Gateway Mobile Switching Center
  • the communication system provides for SMS messaging, the packets of which are routed through the GSMC 36 .
  • the GSMC is also representative of structure through which other packet-formatted signals are routed, such as WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) messages, as well as digital data communicated in other types of communication systems.
  • WAP Wireless Application Protocol
  • the mobile switching center 34 is here shown to be coupled to a Public-Switched, Telephonic Network (PSTN) 38 , and the SMS/GMSC 36 is coupled, by way of a gateway 42 , to a Packet Data Network (PDN), such as the Internet.
  • PDN Packet Data Network
  • a SMS service center 46 is coupled to the packet data network as is also a remote communication station 48 .
  • the remote communication station 48 is further coupled to the PSTN 38 .
  • the remote communication station 48 is a functional representation of a communication device operable to communicate circuit-switched, or packet-formatted, such as SMS, messages.
  • the mobile station also includes control circuitry 54 .
  • the control circuitry is operable to perform conventional control operations which control operation of the transmit and receive portions of the mobile station.
  • the control circuitry 54 is further operable pursuant to an embodiment of the present invention by which selectably to annunciate reception at the mobile station of a circuit-switched call or a packet-data call or message thereat. Through operation of an embodiment of the present invention, a manner by which, and if, a message or call terminated at the mobile station is annunciated is selected by the user of the mobile station.
  • the control circuitry includes an examiner 58 coupled to receive indications of communication signals received at the receive portion of the mobile station.
  • the examiner is operable to examine the indications for various selected indicia of the indications provided thereto. For instance, the examiner is selectably operable to examine the content of indications of the messages to determine a content-type of the message.
  • the examiner is also, or alternately, operable to examine the identity of the sending party from which the message originated. And, alternately, or again also, the examiner is selectably operable to examine the indications to determine an indicia-type of the indication applied thereto. That is to say, the examiner examines the indications to determine whether the terminating message is a SMS message, a WAP message, a voice call, a fax call, etc.
  • a determiner 62 is coupled to the examiner 58 to receive indications of examinations made thereat.
  • the determiner is operable responsive to the results of the examinations performed by the examiner to determine whether, and in what manner, to annunciate reception at the mobile station of a message or call. Selection made, for instance, by a user of the mobile station and entered by way of a user actuator, here an actuation keypad 64 , also coupled to the determiner, provides a rule-set governing operation of annunciation selection and manner.
  • the determiner is operable, based upon the rule-set and results of the examinations made by the examiner to select whether to annunciate, and in what manner to annunciate, delivery of a message or call to the mobile station.
  • Indications of determinations made by the determiner 62 are provided to a transducer controller 66 which is coupled to a memory device 68 .
  • the transducer controller controls operation of a transducer 72 , here a speaker, to annunciate delivery of a message or call to the mobile station in a manner determined by the criteria of the rule-set of the determiner 62 .
  • the memory device stores indications of melodies or songs which are to be played upon selection by the determiner 62 . Thereby, annunciation of termination of a call or message at the mobile station is selectably annunciated. Reselection of the manner by which annunciation is made is effectuated through additional user actuation of the actuation keypad 64 to amend or otherwise change the rule-set of the determiner.
  • portions of the control circuitry 54 are network-based, here indicated by 54 ′.
  • the examiner and determiner, here 58 ′ and 62 ′ are operable in manners analogous to operation, described-above, with respect to the examiner and determiner 58 and 62 .
  • a signal generator 74 is coupled to the determiner 62 ′.
  • the signal generator 74 is operable to generate a signal of values indicative of determinations made by the determiner. The signal is thereafter transmitted by the base transceiver station 28 to the mobile station and utilized at the mobile station when the message or call is subsequently transmitted thereto.
  • reselection of the rule-set stored at the determiner 62 ′ is made, for instance, by instructions entered by a user of the mobile station at a computer station, such as the computer station 82 and communicated by way of the packet data network 44 to the control circuitry 54 ′. Selection and reselection of the rule-set can alternately be made in other manners, such as by way of reverse-link signals generated by the mobile station.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary packet-formatted message, shown generally at 86 , exemplary of at least a portion of a packet-formatted message, capable of communication to the mobile station.
  • the data packet 86 is here shown to include header information 88 and payload information 92 .
  • Examination is made by the examiner 58 of one or more of such packets to determine the various indicia of the terminating message at the mobile station and provides indications of such examinations to the determiner 62 so that the determiner is able to apply such indications to the rule-set contained thereat.
  • Conventional, circuit switch, real time voice or data calls are examined by the examiner, for instance, by examining paging signals communicated to the mobile station before delivery of the voice or nonvoice, real time call thereat.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a table, shown generally at 102 , representing possible types of annunciations to be generated by the speaker 72 responsive to delivery at the mobile station of various different message.
  • the table 102 is representative of an implementation of the present invention in which the examiner 58 examines messages to determine their content and, responsive thereto, the determiner applies a rule-set to determine in what manner, if any, to annunciate delivery of the message to the mobile station.
  • a column 104 is representative of the content of a message delivered, or to be delivered, to the mobile station 12 .
  • the second column 106 indicates an indicia-type of the message
  • the column 108 indicates the sending party at which the message originates
  • the column 112 indicates the annunciation message generated by the speaker 72 .
  • the annunciation message 112 in each instance, here, in which an annunciation message is generated by the speaker 72 forms a portion of a song formed of successive aural tones.
  • the aural tones forming the songs are stored, for instance, at the memory device 68 .
  • the indicia-type or identity of the sending party are instead examined by the examiner.

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